Material Properties
Conductor Properties
AWG |
Nominal OD |
Cross Section |
Resistance DCR@20°C |
Weight |
inch |
mils |
mm |
Circ.mils |
(mm2) |
(W/m) |
(W/km) |
Lbs./m |
Kg/km |
4/0 |
0.46 |
460 |
11.68 |
211600 |
107.22 |
0.04901 |
0.1608 |
641 |
953 |
3/0 |
0.4096 |
409.6 |
10.4 |
167800 |
85.01 |
0.06182 |
0.2028 |
508 |
756 |
2/0 |
0.3648 |
364.8 |
9.27 |
133100 |
67.43 |
0.07793 |
0.2557 |
403 |
599 |
1/0 |
0.3249 |
324.9 |
8.25 |
105600 |
53.49 |
0.03925 |
0.3223 |
319 |
476 |
1 |
0.2893 |
289.3 |
7.35 |
83690 |
42.41 |
0.1239 |
0.4065 |
253 |
377 |
2 |
0.2576 |
257.6 |
6.54 |
66360 |
33.62 |
0.1563 |
0.5128 |
201 |
299 |
3 |
0.2294 |
229.4 |
5.83 |
52620 |
26.67 |
0.1917 |
0.6466 |
159 |
237 |
4 |
0.2043 |
204.3 |
5.19 |
41740 |
21.15 |
0.2485 |
0.8152 |
126 |
188 |
5 |
0.1819 |
181.9 |
4.62 |
33090 |
16.77 |
0.3134 |
1.028 |
100 |
149 |
6 |
0.162 |
162 |
4.11 |
26240 |
13.3 |
0.3952 |
1.296 |
79.4 |
118 |
7 |
0.1443 |
144.3 |
3.67 |
20820 |
10.55 |
0.4981 |
1.634 |
63 |
93.8 |
8 |
0.1285 |
128.5 |
3.26 |
16510 |
8.37 |
0.6281 |
2.061 |
50 |
74.4 |
9 |
0.1144 |
114.4 |
2.91 |
13090 |
6.63 |
0.7925 |
2.6 |
39.6 |
59 |
10 |
0.1019 |
101.9 |
2.59 |
10380 |
5.26 |
0.9988 |
3.23 |
31.4 |
46.8 |
11 |
0.0907 |
90.7 |
2.3 |
8230 |
4.17 |
1.26 |
4.14 |
24.9 |
37.1 |
12 |
0.0808 |
80.8 |
2.05 |
6530 |
3.332 |
1.59 |
5.21 |
19.8 |
29.5 |
13 |
0.072 |
72 |
1.82 |
5180 |
2.627 |
2 |
6.56 |
15.7 |
23.4 |
14 |
0.0641 |
64.1 |
1.63 |
4110 |
2.075 |
2.52 |
8.28 |
12.4 |
18.5 |
15 |
0.0571 |
57.1 |
1.45 |
3260 |
1.646 |
3.18 |
10.4 |
9.87 |
14.7 |
16 |
0.0508 |
50.8 |
1.29 |
2580 |
1.318 |
4.02 |
13.2 |
7.81 |
11.6 |
17 |
0.0453 |
45.3 |
1.15 |
2050 |
1.026 |
5.05 |
16.6 |
6.21 |
9.24 |
18 |
0.0403 |
40.3 |
1.02 |
1620 |
0.8107 |
6.39 |
21 |
4.92 |
7.32 |
19 |
0.0359 |
35.9 |
0.912 |
1290 |
0.5667 |
8.05 |
26.4 |
3.9 |
5.8 |
20 |
0.032 |
32 |
0.813 |
1020 |
0.5189 |
10.1 |
33.2 |
3.1 |
4.61 |
21 |
0.0285 |
28.5 |
0.724 |
812 |
0.4116 |
12.8 |
41.9 |
2.46 |
3.66 |
22 |
0.0253 |
25.3 |
0.643 |
640 |
0.3247 |
16.2 |
53.2 |
1.94 |
2.89 |
23 |
0.0226 |
22.6 |
0.574 |
511 |
0.2588 |
20.3 |
66.6 |
1.55 |
2.31 |
24 |
0.0201 |
20.1 |
0.511 |
404 |
0.2047 |
25.7 |
84.2 |
1.22 |
1.82 |
25 |
0.0179 |
17.9 |
0.44 |
320 |
0.1624 |
32.4 |
106 |
0.97 |
1.44 |
26 |
0.0159 |
15.9 |
0.404 |
253 |
0.1281 |
41 |
135 |
0.765 |
1.14 |
27 |
0.0142 |
14.2 |
0.361 |
202 |
0.1021 |
51.4 |
169 |
0.61 |
0.908 |
28 |
0.0126 |
12.6 |
0.32 |
159 |
0.0804 |
65.3 |
214 |
0.481 |
0.716 |
29 |
0.0113 |
11.3 |
0.287 |
128 |
0.0647 |
81.2 |
266 |
0.387 |
0.576 |
30 |
0.01 |
10 |
0.254 |
100 |
0.0507 |
104 |
340 |
0.303 |
0.451 |
31 |
0.0089 |
8.9 |
0.226 |
79.2 |
0.0401 |
131 |
430 |
0.24 |
0.357 |
32 |
0.008 |
8 |
0.203 |
64 |
0.0316 |
162 |
532 |
0.194 |
0.289 |
33 |
0.0071 |
7.1 |
0.18 |
50.4 |
0.0255 |
206 |
675 |
0.153 |
0.228 |
34 |
0.0063 |
6.3 |
0.16 |
39.7 |
0.0201 |
261 |
857 |
0.12 |
0.179 |
35 |
0.0056 |
5.6 |
0.142 |
31.4 |
0.0169 |
331 |
1080 |
0.0949 |
0.141 |
36 |
0.005 |
5 |
0.127 |
25 |
0.0127 |
415 |
1360 |
0.0757 |
0.113 |
37 |
0.0045 |
4.5 |
0.114 |
20.3 |
0.0098 |
512 |
1680 |
0.0613 |
0.0912 |
38 |
0.004 |
4 |
0.102 |
16 |
0.0081 |
648 |
2130 |
0.0484 |
0.072 |
39 |
0.0035 |
3.5 |
0.089 |
12.3 |
0.0062 |
847 |
2780 |
0.0371 |
0.0552 |
40 |
0.0031 |
3.1 |
0.079 |
9.6 |
0.0049 |
1080 |
3540 |
0.0291 |
0.0433 |
AWG
|
Diameter |
Cross area |
Weight |
No./mm |
inch |
mm |
Square inch |
Square mm |
Kg/km |
1 |
0.2893 |
7.348 |
0.06573 |
42.41 |
377 |
1/7.349 |
8.508 |
379 |
19/1.690 |
8.5 |
379 |
37/1.210 |
8.48 |
377 |
61/0.941 |
2 |
0.2576 |
6.544 |
0.05212 |
33.63 |
299 |
1/6.544 |
7.41 |
299 |
7/2.474 |
7.551 |
299 |
19/1.502 |
7.59 |
302 |
37/1.080 |
4 |
0.2043 |
5.189 |
0.03278 |
21.15 |
188 |
1/5.190 |
5.96 |
188 |
7/1.962 |
5.991 |
188 |
19/1.191 |
5.992 |
188 |
37/0.854 |
6.032 |
188 |
133/0.450 |
6.036 |
192.2 |
420/0.254 |
6 |
0.162 |
4.115 |
0.02061 |
13.3 |
118.2 |
1/4.116 |
4.77 |
119 |
7/1.560 |
4.829 |
120 |
19/0.950 |
4.749 |
118 |
37/0.677 |
4.803 |
121 |
266/0.254 |
8 |
0.1285 |
3.264 |
0.01297 |
8.368 |
74.39 |
1/3.265 |
3.69 |
74.43 |
7/1.234 |
3.771 |
74.6 |
19/0.749 |
3.76 |
74.4 |
37/0.537 |
3.783 |
75 |
133/0.284 |
10 |
0.1019 |
2.588 |
0.00816 |
5.262 |
46.78 |
1/2.589 |
2.961 |
46.94 |
7/0.980 |
3.005 |
47.4 |
19/0.595 |
3.017 |
47.8 |
105/0.254 |
2.974 |
46.4 |
259/0.160 |
12 |
0.0808 |
2.053 |
0.00513 |
3.309 |
29.42 |
1/2.053 |
2.325 |
29.43 |
7/0.776 |
2.371 |
29.37 |
19/0.471 |
2.365 |
29.58 |
65/0.254 |
2.395 |
30.1 |
168/0.130 |
14 |
0.0641 |
1.628 |
0.00323 |
2.081 |
18.5 |
1/1.630 |
1.845 |
18.53 |
7/0.616 |
1.877 |
18.5 |
19/0.374 |
1.885 |
18.66 |
41/0.254 |
1.894 |
18.81 |
105/0.160 |
16 |
0.0508 |
1.291 |
0.00203 |
1.309 |
11.64 |
1/1.291 |
1.464 |
11.67 |
7/0.488 |
1.502 |
11.83 |
26/0.254 |
1.483 |
11.65 |
65/0.160 |
18 |
0.0403 |
1.024 |
0.00128 |
0.8226 |
7.321 |
1/1.024 |
1.192 |
7.434 |
7/0.390 |
1.178 |
7.28 |
16/0.254 |
1.212 |
7.54 |
34/0.180 |
1.163 |
7.16 |
41/0.160 |
20 |
0.032 |
0.8118 |
0.0008 |
0.5174 |
4.6 |
1/0.813 |
0.96 |
4.7 |
7/0.310 |
0.9421 |
4.65 |
21/0.180 |
0.9305 |
4.54 |
26/0.160 |
22 |
0.0253 |
0.6439 |
0.0005 |
0.3256 |
2.895 |
1/0.645 |
0.765 |
3.186 |
7/0.254 |
0.7524 |
2.97 |
17/0.160 |
24 |
0.0201 |
0.5106 |
0.00032 |
0.2047 |
1.82 |
1/0.511 |
0.6 |
1.06 |
7/0.200 |
0.60525 |
1.92 |
11/0.160 |
26 |
0.0159 |
0.4049 |
0.0002 |
0.1288 |
1.145 |
1/0.404 |
0.474 |
1.223 |
7/0.160 |
28 |
0.0126 |
0.3211 |
0.00013 |
0.08097 |
0.7198 |
1/0.322 |
0.381 |
0.7903 |
7/0.127 |
30 |
0.01 |
0.2548 |
7.9E-05 |
0.05097 |
0.4531 |
1/0.254 |
0.3 |
0.49 |
7/0.100 |
32 |
0.008 |
0.2091 |
5E-05 |
0.03203 |
0.2847 |
7/0.080 |
34 |
0.0063 |
0.1601 |
3.1E-05 |
0.02014 |
0.179 |
1/0.161 |
36 |
0.005 |
0.127 |
2E-05 |
0.01267 |
0.1126 |
1/0.128 |
38 |
0.004 |
0.1007 |
1.2E-05 |
0.00797 |
0.07084 |
1/0.102 |
40 |
0.0031 |
0.07987 |
7.8E-06 |
0.00201 |
0.04456 |
1/0.080 |
Cross Section
Mm2 |
Nearest AWG |
Stranding
Class 1 |
Stranding
Class 2 |
Resistance Ohm/km Classes 1&2 |
Stranding Class 5 |
Stranding
Class 6 |
Resistance Ohm/km Classes 5&6 |
Approx Weight kg/km |
0.14 |
26 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
18X0.10 |
138 |
1.35 |
0.25 |
24 |
— |
— |
— |
14X0.16 |
32X0.10 |
79 |
2.4 |
0.34 |
22 |
— |
— |
— |
19X0.16 |
42X0.10 |
57 |
3.3 |
0.5 |
20 |
1X0.80 |
7X0.30 |
36.0 |
16X0.21 |
28X0.16 |
38 |
4.8 |
0.75 |
18 |
1X 0.97 |
7X 0.37 |
24.5 |
24X0.21 |
42X0.16 |
26 |
7.2 |
1.0 |
18 |
1X 1.13 |
7X 0.43 |
18.1 |
32X0.21 |
56X0.16 |
19.5 |
9.6 |
1.5 |
16 |
1X 1.38 |
7X 0.53 |
12.1 |
30X0.26 |
84X0.16 |
13.3 |
14.4 |
2.5 |
14 |
1X 1.78 |
7X 0.67 |
7.41 |
50X0.26 |
140X0.16 |
7.98 |
24 |
4 |
12 |
1X 2.26 |
7X 0.85 |
4.61 |
56X0.31 |
224X0.16 |
4.95 |
38 |
6 |
10 |
1X 2.76 |
7X 1.04 |
3.08 |
84X0.31 |
192X0.21 |
3.3 |
58 |
10 |
8 |
1X 3.57 |
7X 1.35 |
1.83 |
80X0.41 |
320X0.21 |
1.91 |
96 |
16 |
6 |
1X 4.5 |
17X1.70 |
1.15 |
128X0.41 |
512X0.21 |
1.21 |
154 |
25 |
4 |
— |
7X 2.14 |
0.72 |
200X0.41 |
800X0.21 |
0.78 |
240 |
35 |
2 |
— |
7X 2.52 |
0.52 |
280X0.41 |
1120X0.21 |
0.55 |
336 |
50 |
1/0 |
— |
19X1.78 |
0.39 |
400X0.41 |
705X0.31 |
0.39 |
480 |
70 |
2/0 |
— |
19X2.14 |
0.27 |
356X0.51 |
990X0.31 |
0.27 |
672 |
95 |
3/0 |
— |
19X2.52 |
0.19 |
485X0.51 |
1340X0.31 |
0.21 |
912 |
120 |
250MCM |
— |
37X2.03 |
0.15 |
614X0.51 |
1690X0.31 |
0.16 |
1152 |
150 |
300 MCM |
— |
37X 2.25 |
0.12 |
765X0.51 |
2123X0.31 |
0.13 |
1440 |
185 |
400 MCM |
— |
37X 2.52 |
0.1 |
944X0.51 |
1470X0.41 |
0.11 |
1776 |
240 |
500 MCM |
— |
61X2.25 |
0.07 |
1225X0.51 |
1905X0.41 |
0.08 |
2304 |
300 |
600 MCM |
— |
61X 2.52 |
0.06 |
1530X0.51 |
2385X0.41 |
0.064 |
2880 |
400 |
750 MCM |
— |
61X 2.85 |
0.05 |
2035X0.51 |
— |
0.068 |
3840 |
500 |
1000 MCM |
— |
61X 3.20 |
0.04 |
1768X0.60 |
— |
0.0384 |
4800 |
|
SWG |
BWG |
BG |
AWG |
in |
mm |
in |
mm |
in |
mm |
in |
mm |
7/0 |
0.5 |
12.7 |
— |
— |
0.6666 |
16.932 |
— |
— |
6/0 |
0.464 |
11.786 |
— |
— |
0.625 |
15.875 |
0.58 |
14.732 |
5/0 |
0.432 |
10.973 |
0.5 |
12.7 |
0.5883 |
14.943 |
0.5165 |
13.119 |
4/0 |
0.4 |
10.16 |
0.454 |
11.532 |
0.5416 |
13.757 |
0.46 |
11.684 |
3/0 |
0.372 |
9.449 |
0.425 |
10.795 |
0.5 |
12.7 |
0.4096 |
10.404 |
2/0 |
0.348 |
8.839 |
0.33 |
9.652 |
0.4451 |
11.308 |
0.3648 |
9.266 |
0 |
0.324 |
8.23 |
0.34 |
8.639 |
0.3954 |
10.069 |
0.3249 |
8.252 |
1 |
0.3 |
7.62 |
0.3 |
7.62 |
0.3532 |
8.971 |
0.2893 |
7.348 |
2 |
0.276 |
7.01 |
0.284 |
7.214 |
0.3147 |
7.993 |
0.2576 |
6.544 |
3 |
0.252 |
6.401 |
0.259 |
6.579 |
0.2804 |
7.122 |
0.2294 |
5.827 |
4 |
0.232 |
5.893 |
0.238 |
6.045 |
0.25 |
6.35 |
0.2043 |
5.189 |
5 |
0.212 |
5.385 |
0.22 |
5.588 |
0.2225 |
5.652 |
0.1819 |
4.621 |
6 |
0.192 |
4.877 |
0.203 |
5.156 |
0.1981 |
5.032 |
0.162 |
4.115 |
7 |
0.176 |
4.47 |
0.18 |
4.572 |
0.1764 |
4.481 |
0.1443 |
3.665 |
8 |
0.16 |
4.064 |
0.165 |
4.191 |
0.157 |
3.988 |
0.1285 |
3.264 |
9 |
0.144 |
3.658 |
0.148 |
3.759 |
0.1398 |
3.551 |
0.1144 |
2.906 |
10 |
0.128 |
3.251 |
0.134 |
3.404 |
0.125 |
3.175 |
0.1019 |
2.588 |
ll |
0.116 |
2.946 |
0.12 |
3.048 |
0.1313 |
2.827 |
0.09074 |
2.305 |
12 |
0.104 |
2.642 |
0.109 |
2.769 |
0.0991 |
2.517 |
0.08081 |
2.053 |
13 |
0.092 |
2.337 |
0.095 |
2.413 |
0.0882 |
2.24 |
0.07196 |
1.828 |
14 |
0.08 |
2.032 |
0.083 |
2.108 |
0.0785 |
1.994 |
0.06408 |
1.628 |
15 |
0.072 |
1.829 |
0.072 |
1.829 |
0.0699 |
1.775 |
0.05707 |
1.45 |
16 |
0.064 |
1.626 |
0.065 |
1.651 |
0.0625 |
1.588 |
0.05082 |
1.291 |
17 |
0.056 |
1.422 |
0.058 |
1.473 |
0.0556 |
1.412 |
0.04526 |
1.15 |
18 |
0.048 |
1.219 |
0.049 |
1.245 |
0.0495 |
1.257 |
0.0403 |
1.024 |
19 |
0.04 |
1.016 |
0.042 |
1.067 |
0.044 |
1.118 |
0.03589 |
0.912 |
20 |
0.036 |
0.914 |
0.035 |
0.839 |
0.0392 |
0.996 |
0.03196 |
0.812 |
2l |
0.032 |
0.813 |
0.032 |
0.813 |
0.0349 |
0.887 |
0.02846 |
0.723 |
22 |
0.028 |
0.711 |
0.028 |
0.711 |
0.03125 |
0.794 |
0.02535 |
0.644 |
23 |
0.024 |
0.61 |
0.025 |
0.635 |
0.02782 |
0.707 |
0.02257 |
0.573 |
24 |
0.022 |
0.559 |
0.022 |
0.559 |
0.02476 |
0.629 |
0.0201 |
0.511 |
25 |
0.02 |
0.508 |
0.02 |
0.508 |
0.02204 |
0.56 |
0.0179 |
0.455 |
26 |
0.018 |
0.457 |
0.018 |
0.457 |
0.01961 |
0.498 |
0.01594 |
0.405 |
27 |
0.0164 |
0.417 |
0.016 |
0.406 |
0.01745 |
0.443 |
0.0142 |
0.361 |
28 |
0.0148 |
0.376 |
0.014 |
0.356 |
0.01562 |
0.397 |
0.01264 |
0.321 |
29 |
0.0136 |
0.345 |
0.013 |
0.33 |
0.0139 |
0.353 |
0.01126 |
0.286 |
30 |
0.0124 |
0.315 |
0.012 |
0.305 |
0.0123 |
0.312 |
0.01003 |
0.255 |
31 |
0.0116 |
0.295 |
0.01 |
0.254 |
0.011 |
0.27 |
0.00893 |
0.227 |
32 |
0.0108 |
0.274 |
0.009 |
0.229 |
0.0098 |
0.249 |
0.00795 |
0.202 |
33 |
0.01 |
0.254 |
0.008 |
0.203 |
0.0087 |
0.221 |
0.00708 |
0.18 |
34 |
0.0092 |
0.234 |
0.007 |
0.178 |
0.0077 |
0.196 |
0.0063 |
0.16 |
35 |
0.0084 |
0.213 |
0.005 |
0.127 |
0.0069 |
0.175 |
0.00562 |
0.143 |
36 |
0.0076 |
0.193 |
0.004 |
0.102 |
0.0061 |
0.155 |
0.005 |
0.127 |
37 |
0.0068 |
0.173 |
— |
— |
0.0054 |
0.137 |
0.00445 |
0.113 |
38 |
0.006 |
0.152 |
— |
— |
0.0048 |
0.122 |
0.00396 |
0.101 |
39 |
0.0052 |
0.132 |
— |
— |
0.0043 |
0.109 |
0.00353 |
0.09 |
40 |
0.0048 |
0.122 |
— |
— |
0.00386 |
0.098 |
0.00314 |
0.08 |
41 |
0.0044 |
0.112 |
— |
— |
0.00343 |
0.087 |
0.0028 |
0.071 |
42 |
0.004 |
0.102 |
— |
— |
0.00306 |
0.078 |
0.00249 |
0.063 |
43 |
0.0036 |
0.091 |
— |
— |
0.00272 |
0.069 |
0.00222 |
0.056 |
44 |
0.0032 |
0.081 |
— |
— |
0.00242 |
0.061 |
0.00198 |
0.05 |
45 |
0.0028 |
0.071 |
— |
— |
0.00215 |
0.055 |
0.00176 |
0.048 |
46 |
0.0024 |
0.061 |
— |
— |
0.00192 |
0.049 |
0.00157 |
0.046 |
47 |
0.002 |
0.051 |
— |
— |
0.0017 |
0.043 |
0.0014 |
0.035 |
48 |
0.0016 |
0.041 |
— |
— |
0.00152 |
0.039 |
0.00124 |
0.032 |
49 |
0.0012 |
0.03 |
— |
— |
0.00135 |
0.034 |
0.00111 |
0.028 |
50 |
0.001 |
0.025 |
— |
— |
0.0012 |
0.03 |
0.00099 |
0.025 |